Teen accused of fire bomb robbery held in custody

Peter Hardwick
Reporter
Peter started in 1976 as apprentice typesetter/comp and has 32 years with The Chronicle in three stints (in between working/holidays in UK/Europe, Brisbane and Melbourne). Entered editorial from comp room in 1996.

His solicitor Dan Habermann told the court on Friday that he would not make an application for bail until he could establish a bail address in Toowoomba for his client.

Corstorphan was remanded in custody over the weekend for a possible bail application yesterday.

However, when the teen appeared in court, Mr Habermann said there would be no application for bail and asked for a date for a committal mention on the charge.

"The evidence is overwhelming," he said, adding that this client was likely to plead guilty to the charge.

Because the case had to go before a higher court, Magistrate Damian Carroll remanded Corstorphan in custody and set a date for committal mention of May 19 by which time it was envisaged police would have put together a full brief of evidence.